You can essentially mount it anywhere you want, but it is still always a good idea to mount the towel bar within an arm's reach of your shower. No matter what size the bathroom is, it is always safe to keep your towel bar close.
As a general rule, towel bars and other towel hardware should be conveniently located near each sink and bath fixture. Bars usually work best on the longest wall in the bathroom and should be as long (horizontally) as possible.
A WarmlyYours electric heated towel rack should be installed at least 24” away from a wet location like a shower, tub, etc. Always install a WarmlyYours electric towel warmer in compliance with all local building and electrical codes.
For those with small bathrooms, it may be a case of squeezing one in where you can or where the existing pipes come out of the wall or floor. If you have space then installing your heated towel rail within reaching distance of the bath or shower is always a practical option.
A towel rail will heat a bathroom efficiently, provided that it's sized correctly for the space it's in. A small heated rail, such as the one pictured below, is designed for hand towels and likely won't make much of a difference to the temperature of your bathroom in winter.
It is generally recommended that a towel bar only be mounted in a larger walk-in shower or something similar. If the shower is too small, your towel will inevitably get wet or unusable. Towel bars in a shower can be used to hold washcloths, bath towels and everything in between.
A separate towel rack on the wall offers ample room for dry towels to warm while their user is showering and for damp towels to dry out.
Towel bars are a good option if you have a lot of wall space near the tub or shower. Towel bars allow towels to dry without being bunched up, so they dry faster than towels might on a hook or ring.
The short answer is yes. However, there are a few things you may want to take into consideration before doing so. First of all, there are no serious sanitary issues when it comes to hanging your towels above your toilet. As long as you keep your toilet area clean, your towels will be clean.
Generally speaking, the average height of a towel bar should be 48 inches from the floor. This is also true for the hand towel ring. If you are hanging towel bars in a children's bath, you may want to hang the bar lower (36 inches from the floor). As the child grows, you can move the bar to 48 inches.
18”, 24” and 30” are the most common towel bar sizes. Each towel bar can be placed and used effectively in different situations. For smaller bathroom and powder rooms, 18” towel bars will be sufficient for both hand towels and folded bath towels. 24” towel bars are great for both small and large bathroom spaces.
Towel bars typically come in three lengths – 18″, 24″, and 30″. An 18″ towel bar is great for small spaces and fits a single standard bath towel folded in half while a 24″ towel bar fits a single oversized bath towel folded in half.
A possible solution is to use top and bottom hinges, and inset them so that the pivot point projects far enough from the wall to clear the towel bar. Consider the use of top and bottom hinges as part of your design criteria. These are a solution to many potential design problems.
The ADA recommends that two bars be installed on the back wall, one 8 to 10 inches from the rim of the tub and the other parallel to it 33 to 36 inches from the base of the tub. For walk-in showers grab bars should be installed on a side wall, back wall and on a side wall near a shower seat if there is one.
Avoid New Tangles
However, wrapping your head in a hair towel before bed can remove all post-shower knots. The towel will gently twist your hair behind and away from your face to prevent strands from tangling throughout the night. You will notice the difference when you wake up in the morning and brush your hair.
The short answer is, not a lot. Most heated towel rails are very effective in heating and drying your towels. In other words, they don't use a lot of electricity to perform their job. To provide a bit more detail, the typical heated towel rails consumes 100 to 200 watts of electricity per hour.
The hidden cabling means that they are safe to install close to wet areas such as showers or baths. Most electric heated towel rails have an IP (Ingress Protection) Rating of IP55, which means that the water resistance rating is high enough for them to be installed in wet areas.
Instead the white and black models give out 20% more heat output than the chrome version. Chrome radiators will always give out less heat (up to 30% less) than a painted equivalent.
Typical spacing between the single bar towel rails is 200mm.
While a space-saving heated towel rail is fixed to a wall, a towel warmer is a stand-alone appliance often shaped like a bucket.